Hospice Medicare users (number)
Ohio - Summit

County

State

National

HP 2020

Numerator

Number of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who had covered hospice services

2012 - Dimensions

Total

County Value: 1,805Standard Error:0

Comparison of 89 Counties

1,805

Low: 28High: 40588

Historical Data

Dimension

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

Total

1,805

1,783

1,725

1,715

1,700

DSU - Data statistically unreliable.

Methodology

A count was determined based on the number of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who had covered hospice services .

Medicare FFS beneficiaries limited to those who (a) have no months of HMO enrollment and (b) have both Part A and Part B for whatever portion of the year that they are covered by FFS Medicare (i.e., they have no months of A-only or B-only coverage).

Beneficiary age group (< 65 and 65+ ) was determined using the age of the individual at the end of the reference year or the individual's age at the time of death.

References

HRR documentation is posted at http://www.dartmouthatlas.org/downloads/methods/geogappdx.pdf

See Document http://healthindicators.gov/App_Resources/Documents/HIW%20Methods%20Paper.pdf

Data Source(s)

Chronic Condition Data Warehouse (CCW)

Description
The Chronic Condition Data Warehouse (CCW) is a research database designed to (1) identify areas for improving the quality of care provided to chronically ill Medicare beneficiaries; (2) identify ways to reduce program spending; and (3) make current Medicare data more readily available to researchers studying chronic illness in the Medicare population. The CCW contains fee-for-service institutional and non-institutional claims, enrollment/eligibility, and assessment data from 1999 forward for a random 5% sample of Medicare beneficiaries (100% for 2005 forward). The data are linked by a unique, unidentifiable beneficiary key, which allows researchers to analyze information across the continuum of care.

Medicare Administrative Data

Description
CMS collects and synthesizes Medicare enrollment, spending, and claims data to monitor and evaluate access to and quality of care, trends in utilization, changes in payment policy, and other program-related issues.

MethodologyThe claims and utilization data files contain extensive utilization information at various levels of summarization for a variety of providers and services. There are many types and levels of these files: the National Claims History (NCH) files, the Standard Analytic files (SAFs), Medicare Provider and Analysis Review (MEDPAR) files, Medicare enrollment files, and various other files.